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Learn more about Japanese culture with JapanesePod101.com! Ever wondered what the most important Japanese holidays are, and how they are celebrated? Then this 25-lesson video series is for you! With this series, you’ll learn the what, why, when and how of 25 well-known holidays in Japan.

In this video, you’ll learn all about Culture Day in Japan and how it’s celebrated, from food to decorations, while building your Japanese vocabulary. Join Risa for a dose of Japanese culture! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic Japanese audio and video lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you’re there!


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson, two friends are visiting Meiji Shrine, one of Tokyo’s most popular sightseeing spots! They’ve come all this way, so they decide to take a photograph in front of the big torī (gate) at the entrance of the shrine grounds. We have three grammar points today. One is the extremely useful sekkaku, which is used to express going to a lot of effort to do something (very Japanese). The others are -te ageru and nanta tte, which are covered in detail in the PDF. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! What vocabulary do you need to know to have a conversation with Japanese-speaking locals? You’ll learn all this and more in this Culture Class: Essential Japanese Vocabulary series! Vocabulary is essential to mastering Japanese. In this 25-lesson series, you’ll learn the *most* essential Japanese words related to culture and daily life. These words have been hand picked by our Japanese native speakers and cover topics like popular Japanese dishes, national holidays and cities.

In this lesson, you will learn about Plants that are common in Japan. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find Japanese lesson notes and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!


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Learn more about Japanese culture with JapanesePod101.com! Ever wondered what the most important Japanese holidays are, and how they are celebrated? Then this 25-lesson video series is for you! With this series, you’ll learn the what, why, when and how of 25 well-known holidays in Japan.

In this video, you’ll learn all about Health and Sports Day in Japan and how it’s celebrated, from food to decorations, while building your Japanese vocabulary. Join Risa for a dose of Japanese culture! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic Japanese audio and video lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you’re there!